Bringing Buddhism to Tibet : : history and narrative in the Dba’ bzhed manuscript /

Bringing Buddhism to Tibet : : history and narrative in the Dba’ bzhed manuscript / / edited by Lewis Doney.

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Bringing Buddhism to Tibet is a landmark study of the Dba’ bzhed, a text recounting the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. The narrative of Buddhism’s arrival in Tibet is known from a number of versions, but the Dba’ bzhed—preserved in a single manuscript—is the oldest complete copy. Although the Db...

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Superior document:Beyond Boundaries ; 10
Funder:
European Research Council (ERC)
:
Doney, Lewis
European Research Council (ERC)
HerausgeberIn:
Doney, Lewis,
MitwirkendeR:
Brandon, Dotson,
John, Bray, 1957-
Lewis, Doney,
Michael, Willis,
Sam, van Schaik,
Serena, Biondo,
Tsering, Gonkatsang,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2020]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
2020
Language:English
Series:Beyond Boundaries
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 177 pages) :; illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • In Memoriam: Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang (1951–2018)
  • Abbreviations
  • Transliteration
  • Figures and Tables
  • Part One
  • Chapter 1 The Testimony of Ba: Literature and Exemplars
  • Chapter 2 An Archaeology of the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript
  • Chapter 3 Reflections on the Original Form and Function of the Testimony of Ba From Dunhuang
  • Chapter 4 Archaisms and the Transmission of the Dba’ bzhed
  • Chapter 5 Narrative Sources of the Great Debate
  • Chapter 6 History, Identity and Religious Dynamics in the Portrayal of Khri Srong lde btsan
  • Part Two
  • Text and Translation
  • Tibetan-Language Sources
  • Non-Tibetan Language Literature
  • Index to the Dba’ bzhed Manuscript
  • Subject Index.

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